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Birth name | Baden Powell de Aquino |
Born | Varre-Sai, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | August 6, 1937
Died | September 26, 2000 Rio de Janeiro | (aged 63)
Genres | Brazilian jazz, bossa nova |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instrument | Guitar |
Years active | 1950s–1990s |
Baden Powell de Aquino (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈbadẽ ˈpawew]; 6 August 1937 – 26 September 2000), known professionally as Baden Powell, was a Brazilian guitarist.[1] He combined classical techniques with popular harmony and swing. He performed in many styles, including bossa nova, samba, Brazilian jazz, Latin jazz and MPB. He performed on stage during most of his lifetime. Powell composed many pieces for guitar some of them now considered guitar standards, such as Abração em Madrid, Braziliense, Canto de Ossanha, Casa Velha, Consolação, Horizon, Imagem, Lotus, Samba, Samba Triste, Simplesmente, Tristeza e Solidão, and Samba da Benção. He released Os Afro-sambas, a watershed album in MPB, with Vinicius de Moraes in 1966.[2] He's widely regarded as one of the greatest brazilian guitar players of all time.[3]
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